Gina on Nostr: Red Beard Lichen (Usnea rubicunda), like other Usnea species, has an elastic inner ...

Red Beard Lichen (Usnea rubicunda), like other Usnea species, has an elastic inner cord you can feel by gently tugging its "branches." Usnea, like other lichens, often grows on sick or dying trees—not causing the decline, but thriving where the canopy opens to let in more light.

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